City amends effective date for MLK road change

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Feb 12, 2013 at 1:00 PM

The Lexington City Council amended the effective date of the Raleigh Road and Sixth Street renaming to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard on Monday night.

The Lexington City Council amended the effective date of the Raleigh Road and Sixth Street renaming to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard on Monday night.The council approved the date of Jan. 20, 2014, approximately 12 months from the meeting where the original resolution to rename the road was passed. This would be eight days short of one year from the date on which the change was approved, said Alan Carson, interim city manager. It was also pointed out that the amended date would allow the road change name to be celebrated at Lexington's next MLK celebrations.The council voted unanimously Jan. 28 to rename the roads in honor of the slain civil rights leader. About 500 people attended the meeting in which the change was approved. Businesses and residences along the roads will have until Jan. 20, 2014, to make the change.